Integrating corporate social responsibility and other strategic foci in a distributed production system: A transaction cost perspective on the North Sea offshore petroleum industry

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-208

  Midttun, Atle ^a   Dirdal, Tore ^a   Gautesen, Kristian ^a   Omland, Terje ^a   Wenstøp, Søren ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; North Sea oil; Petrochemicals industry; Supply chain management; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147102161     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710739822     Document Type: Article

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